Fence construction.



E. B. BVBRSON. FENCE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 19, 1912.

1,104,485 Patented July 21, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTOR N EYS THE NORRIS PETERS CO., F'HDIO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

ITEM STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELSWORTH E. EVERSON, OF BRILLIANT, OHIO.

FENCE CONSTRUCTIQN.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELswon'rH E. EVER- son, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brilliant, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence Construction, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metallic fence construction, and the primary object of my invention is the provision of simple and effective means, as hereinafter set forth, for connecting metallic slats and pales to form a flexible fence or panel that can be ad vantageously used in an emergency for an inclosure, or as a permanent inclosure in connection with fence posts.

A further object of this invention is to provide strong and durable metallic links for connecting slats or pales to form a flexible fence panel or section.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical onstruction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of fence in accordance with this invention, and 2 is an enlarged detail view of a link.

To put my invention into practice I pro vide fence slats or pales 1 with transverse openings 2, it being preferable to arrange a set of openings at each end of a slat and the other set intermediate the ends thereof, with said openings adjacent to the longitudinal edges of said slats. Connecting the slats are double hook-shaped links, one of which is shown in Fig. 2. Each link comprises a connecting member 3 having the ends thereof provided with open eyes or hooks adapted to engage in the openings 2, the open eyes or hooks being closed, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19, 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Serial No. 726,752.

shown in Fig. 1, after the slats or pales are assembled, whereby the members will be angularly disposed between the slats with the ends of the hooks in engagement therewith, forming eyes that hold the slats or pales 1 and permit of the section of fence being rolled or folded.

The connecting links can be made of light and durable non-corrodible metal and the fence sections of such lengths as to be conveniently handled.

\Vhat I claim is In fence construction, slats arranged parallel with each other and spaced so that the same may be folded one upon the other, each of said slats being provided with an upper, lower and intermediate pair of openings, the openings of each pair arranged in close proximity to the longitudinal edges of their respective slats, the lower pair of openings positioned in proximity to the lower end of the slats, the intermediate pair centrally of the slats and the upper pair adjacent to the top of the slats, a set of connecting members engaged in said openings and disposed between each pair of slats, each of the members of the set being in the form of a double hook, the bills of the hook Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,- Washington, D. G. 

